Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-09
THE RECORD.
Resume Of the Work Accom-.
pIished BY the National
Legislature.
Bills Passed ana Defeated Thu
Presidents Numerous
vetoes.
Washington special.

In the Senate. Two hundred and sixty.four Of
these became laws by the expiration OF the con-
stitutional ten days limitation. Fifty bills
failed to become laws. owing to the adjourn
ment OF Congress-, nine OF them at the close OF
the frst session. There we're l32 bills vetoed by
the President. or twenty-one more than had
been vetoed from the foundation Of the Govern.
ment down to the beginning OF this Congress.
OF the vetoed bills ninety. four originated in the
House and thirty-nine in the Senate. But one
private bill, that granting n pension to Joseph
Romeiser, and one public bill for tho erection Of
. Government building at Dayton, Ohio, sue
ceeded in passing both houses over the Presi.
dents veto. although several others obtained
the requisite two thirds vote In the Senate, only
to fail in the House.
" the loss House bills which bccalne laws,
25 were OF q more or less public nature. or the
remaining 77B bills granting pensions or relief
to specially designated personsl, 1G became
laws without the approval OF tho President.
The following fs a list Of more important House
bills which have become laws:
To forfeit The Atlantic a Pnciiic Railroad land
grant to increase the pensions of widows and
dependent relatives from IS to SIC or month
the Dingley shipping bill to ~ Iuire the Pacific
roads TO pay the cost Of surveying and convey.
ing Their land grants and subject the land to tax
alton so soon as the companies are entitled to
them to increase the naval establishment to
pension the Mexican war veterans the oleomar-
gArine act to authorize the transfer Of High.
wood tract, near Chicago, to the United States
for military purposes; to protect homestead set
tiers within railroad limits to enable national
banking associations to increase their capital
stock and change their name and location to
grant q license to towing vessels to carry a linn
tied number Of persons in addition to their
crews to forfeit the Back Bone" land grant
TO reduce the fees ON domestic money orders for
sums less than IS; to ext M the immedi0t s-de-
livery system; to prohibit the passage Of local
OF special laws In the Territories; to provide for
closing up the business of the Court OF Alabana
Claims to establish additional life saving sta
tons for the construct. Oh of al itional light
houses extending the free-delivery system to
towns Of 1880 inhabitants for the sale Of the
Cherokee reser yation In Arkansas to amend the
statutes 80 as to require brewers to give bonds
for three times their estimated monthly tax;
for the issue Of postal notes in sums less than
80 TO validate the general laws Of Dakota re-
garding the Incorporation Of insurance COM
panies to provide for the inspection Of tobacco,
cigars, and snuh. and to repeal section 1851 Of
tho Revised Statutes to make st. Charles,
Mo-, q port Of entry; to allow underwriters
on abandoned vessels to restrict ownership of
lands In the territories to American citizens to
amend the act dividing Missouri into two Judi
cial districts. and to divide it into eastern and
western divisions TO prohibit Government en-
p'oyes from hiring or contracting out tho labor
Of United States prisoners to amend the duti-
Able-goOds act so as to allow merchan-
disc to be transported in bond en- passenger
trains in safes, pouches, and trunks, and in
parcels to amend the act prohibiting the inn
portation and Immigration of foreigners under
labor contracts for an additional associate Jus.
tice OF the Supreme Court OF Wyoming provid.
ing for the location of a branch soldiers home
west OF the Rocky Mountains; for the relief Of
the Jeannette sufferers amendatory of the act
dividing Illinois into judicial districts, and pro-
vfding for the holding Of terms of court ut Peo-
ria relative to contested elections to loan arti-
cles in the Government departments to the Min.
nesOta Ind ustrial Exposition; 70 regulate the
jurisdiction Of United States Circuit Courts for
the adjustment Of land grants and the forfeit
ure OF unearned lands to add Il number OF cities
TO the list Of national bank reserve cities. and
to allow q part of the reserve to be
kept iu cities other than New York; for
s s.eas r ,n o. set settlers en- the public
for bringing suits against the Government; for
the erection OF public buildings at Los Angeles,
Cal, Springfield, Mo, Ell Peso, Eek, santa Fe,
N. NJ. and Jefferson. Tex. t. increase the limit
OF cost OF public buildings ut Peoria, ILL.,, Gal
weston. Tex, Clarksburg, w. Va Keokuk,
Iowa, Chsttsnooga, Tenn, Detroit, Mich. for
ings at Dallas, Tex, Des Moines, Iowa, Jack.
son, Tenn. and Hannibal, Mo-, for the purchase
Of additional ground for the building at Fort
Federal building at San Francisco, Cal.
Forty House Joint resolutions became laws,
the principal ones being as follows:
Directing the Commissioners Of Labor to make
an investigation as to convict labor authoriz-
ing tae Secretary Of the Interior to use cert lin
unexpended balances for tho relief Of the
Northern Cheyennes of Wyoming; to authorize
the President to protect American fishing and
trading vessels o., d American fish, rnien in Cam
adian waters authorizing an investigation OF
the books. methods, and accounts of the Pacific
railroads.
OF the total lumber OF bills which passed the
Senate $40 became laws, including IFS Of a
public and aO5 OF a strictly private nature. The
following is q list Of the more important
The Presidential succession bill the inter-
state IN bill; for the retirement and
recoinage Of the trade dollar the electoral
count bill; for the allotment OF lands in sew
crafty to Indians; to repeal the tenure of office
act; to increase the annual appropriation for
the militia; to establish agricultural expert.
ment stations; to lcgalize the incorporation OF
weather reports through the mails free OF post
age; to increase the pension for loss OF IN
arm or leg to indemnify the Chinese for
IT, riot; for the relief of Texas, Colora-
do, Oregon. Nebraska, California, Kansas,
Nevada, Washington Territory, and Ida
no.; authorizing the sale II certain Gov
eminent property in Chicago; for the holding
Of terms Of the United States Courts at Bay
City, Mich. to remove the charge OF desertion
from the records of soldiers who re- enlisted
without h wing received discharges on account
OF first enlistment; to establish two additional
land districts in Nebraska to amend the laws
relating to patents, trademarks. and copy
rights to extend the time for the completion Of
the records of the Court OF Alabama Claims to
credit Kansas with certain money on ordnance
account to bridge the Mississippi River at ST
OUR W NftoW receivers OF ndNtOO6l D4nkn 70
buy in trust property on the approval of the
Comptroller OF the Currency to prohibit the
importation OF opium for the erel ton Of pub
lie buildings at san Antonio, Texas. Houston.
Texas, Oshkosh, Wis, Fort Smith, Ark, Ovens
borough, KY, and Milw aukee, Wis. to increase
tho limit oi cost for public buildings at Oxford,
Miss, and Denver, Col. for the completion OF
public buildings at Fort Scott aud Wichita,
Kansas.
The Senate bills vetoed were thirty nine in
number, eleven being OF a public and twenty
eight Of a private character. The public bills
vetoed were as follows
To quiet the titles OF settlers on the Des
Moines River lands passed over the veto in the
senate, but failed OF ths necessary two-thirds
In the House,: for the erection Of public build
ings at GAINESVILLE. Ohio, Lafayette, Ind, Sioux
City, Iowa, Dayton, Ohio passed over the veto
in both houses, and Lynn, Mass. to extend the
provisions OF the immediate transportation act
to Omaha, Neb. to grant railroads right Of way
through the Indian reservations in Northern
Montana
The ninety-three House bills vetoed in
cluded eighty-seven private bills aud six bills
OF a public nature. The public bills vetoed
were:
For the erection Of Federal buildings at
Springfield. Mo-, Duluth, Mimi, Asheville, N. c.,
worth Of seeds among the drought stricken peo.
pie Of Texas to grant pensions to dependent
soldiers and dependent relatives of deceased
soldiers.
The regular appropriation bills which failed
Of enactment wess the fortifications bill for
both Congresses, thu river and harbor bill OF the
PREF emf session (which was not signed by the
Presidentl, and the deficiency bill. on which the
report was not submitted in time
for action. Fifty bills were pocket vetoed by
tho President. The most important were:
To prevent tho employment Of convict and alien
labor on public works to open to settlement the
public land strip south Of Kansas for the con-
struction Of Federal buildings at Monroe, La,
and Saginaw, Mich. the O'Neiil labor arbitra-
ton bill the Morrison surplus resolution; to
q part Of Idaho to Washington Territory
for holding terms Of court at Duluth, Mimi,
and Corinth, Miss.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and the
pre- emptio repeal bill failed IN conference,
while the bill 70 create q Department Of Agri.
culture and Labor was killed by the inability Of
its friends TO send 10 to q conference commit
tee. About one hundred and fifty billie aud res.
which passed the House failed in the
Senate, and about seven hundred and fifty
which passed the Senate were defeat
cd In the House. The most Important bills de-
were
The Blair educational bill. the Cameron-Hale
twin bills for the increase Of the navy the Nc
Adoo iortincstions bill the Dakota and Wash.
ington Territory admission bills the Chi, ago
Park hill, the Eads bill, the Nicara-
qua Canal bill; the Morrison and other tariff
bills the Pacific Railroad funding bills to es-
tablish . uniform bankruptcy law; the Pacific
funding bill the Hennepin Canal bill the Ok
lahoma bill tina Dunn free-ship bill to repeal
the civil. aarvica law . tn Cra nt uyot,an sufSre0a.